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Name of Schools/ Districts that this organization has served in Colorado:

Name of Schools/ Districts that this organization has served in other states:

The Flippen Group has served more then 6,000 schools and districts across the United States, training over 55,000 teachers, staff and district administrators. Below are a few references from these other states.

We have worked successfully with underperforming schools across the country. We also have numerous published research articles in peer reviewed journals. The success of our research includes the following:

1. The Flippen Group has 2 manuscripts from our (BOCES) New York/California (Riverside) study that have been accepted by a peer-reviewed journal:

2. We have presented our work in Washington, DC for the past several years at the Society for Prevention Research in May. The SPR presentations are listed below (including the 2010, 2009 presentations):

Holtzapple, C.K. (2011). Critical parameters that impact statistical power affecting cluster-randomized research trials. 19th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research 2011.

Holtzapple, C.K. (2009). Controlling for baseline covariates to improve the statistical power of efficacy trials involving whole school prevention programs. 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research 2009.

3. Our programs have recently been accepted for review by SAMHSAs National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP), meeting all requirements set forth by the federal program.

4. A copy of additional research can be found on our website at: www.flippengroup.com

Qualifications of Instructors/ Staff that Provide Services:

Our leadership team, with more then 100 years of combined experience, has been assembled to meet the needs of Colorado Schools. It consists of successful public school administrators and teachers who have worked in schools, mastered the skills of school improvement, and personally implemented the models we teach. Our teaching staff is extensively trained using a process that includes co-trainings, effective feedback, and rigorous evaluations. We've come to expect our clients will experience a training process of the utmost quality; of the thousands of Flippen Group evaluations collected from our participants, 96% ranked the trainers a "4" (excellent) out of a possible 4 points.

Cost:

The following is an ala carte pricing for our products and services. A Lead Consultant negotiates the products and pricing with a district representative so that the district receives significant price breaks for packages of professional development that impacts the district. Note: Peak Pricing (June-August & October); Off Peak Pricing (September, November - May)

Designing Engaging Student Work:$3,000 a day + travel $4,000 if booked on same day with any of the following:o Delivering Engaging Lessonso Researched Based Instructional Strategies: Feedback and Praise

Research-Based Instructional Strategies:Feedback and Effective Questioning --$3,000 per 1/2 day per trainer + travel.$4,000 if booked on same day with any of the following:o Delivering an Engaging Lessono Designing Engaging Student Work

Collaborative Coaching:$3,000 per day + travel

Focused Coaching:$3,000 a day per trainer + travel expenses $4,000 if two 1/2 day sessions are booked on the same day:Note: A minimum of two consecutive days must be booked (Training is up to 25 participants)

Research Based Instructional Strategies:$3,000 a day + travel expenses $4,000 if two are booked on same day Includes training notebook, web based access to all forms and extra materials; Training is up to 40 participants

Please call the office for pricing discounts, further specifications and any changes or additions to the product and training list provided above.

Explanation of how we are able to provide differentiated services to meet the individual needs of schools and districts.

We offer needs assessment process, as well as implementation evaluation services for any district or school. This helps us to differentiate and customize our services to meet the needs of schools and districts. We are also adequately staffed with a highly qualified professional team. The home office is located in College Station, Texas. Our customer service department is housed in Tyler, Texas, where our team of highly skilled service professionals meticulously manages the details of each event, including arranging appropriate meeting space, scheduling facilitators, and working with multiple project stakeholders. We also have branch offices in Houston, Texas, Temple, Texas and Phoenix, Arizona, and leadership consultants located throughout the nation.

How will we evaluate our services and support to schools and districts and its effectiveness in school/ district/ student achievement?

The Flippen Group's research and evaluation team assists schools with study design and reporting outcomes. As evidenced by one of the largest districts in the state of Michigan, The Flippen Group's comprehensive services have been invaluable to successfully documenting district outcomes, essential in their quest to sustain and build campus improvement efforts. The Director of Research continues to look for ways to support studies at the campus and district level, presenting her research in both peer reviewed journals and national conventions.

"Data drives decision-making in schools. School boards, governmental organizations and funding sources need research and evaluation data. The Research & Grants Team provided documentation on the effectiveness of Capturing Kids' Hearts. With valuable assistance from the Research & Grants Team, Kent Intermediate School District helped schools evaluate the impact of The Flippen Group processes and programs. With the results of the local evaluations, Kent Intermediate School District secured local, state and federal funds to help sustain Capturing Kids' Hearts in our schools and classrooms." Steve Dieleman, Kent Intermediate School District

The Flippen Group offers a comprehensive array of services to ensure effective implementation. Our research team has developed assessment tools to help leaders determine the level of implementation on campus and make course corrections along the way. Follow-up visits, as well as telephone and on-site consultations to schools and classrooms are provided in order to support educators in mastering the skills. Interventions that impact an entire school community must be implemented fully and with fidelity in order for schools to obtain the maximum effect. A number of studies (Durlack, 1997; Gresham et al. 1993; Domitrovich & Greenberg, 2000) report that few programs provide data on levels of implementation or consider whether implementation quality is related to intervention outcomes. Hallfors & Godette (2002) found that while most school districts selected research-based prevention programs, many programs were implemented with low fidelity. Other studies (Kam et al., 2003, and references therein) demonstrate that implementation quality impacts student outcomes; thus, even an empirically-validated, school-based prevention program will not produce consistent student outcomes if it is not implemented with fidelity.

Sample of services offered for a school or district:

Under 500 Students:

We offer both Campus By Design and District By Design for schools and districts.

The base groups of offerings for culture and climate change is called Campus By Design, which includes the following:

Capturing Kids' Hearts: Capturing Kids' Hearts (CKH) is the core of a powerful process that transforms schools by building trusting relationships among teachers, staff and students.

Process Champions: Process Champions are teachers and administrators who act as CKH mentors, helping their colleagues apply and master all aspects of Capturing Kids' Hearts. In the Process Champions training, these faculty and administrators receive special additional instruction that prepares them to assist and support their peers in the CKH effort.

Campus Consulting: The objective is for the campus consultant to observe implementation of the CKH processes in classrooms, hallways and in professional campus meetings to identify "sticky points" and empirically measure implementation through data collection. The consultant provides feedback and coaching to campus principal(s) and Process Champions to help them gain traction and breakthrough. Project Consulting is delivered by a senior level CKH trainer and is designed to ensure systemic implementation of skills and processes learned in CKH.

Phone consulting: Provides further assistance and availability to the campus leaders to call TFG campus consultant for executive coaching for principals and Process Champions and miscellaneous needs.

Curriculum and Instruction products would be added to this price as needed. For example, Data Walks is a vital tool for campus principals. It is prescriptive for determining precisely the professional development sequence necessary to get break through. We believe in tailoring our selections to the needs of each client. So, we may suggest Curriculum Development (which requires 7 days of training on campus spread through out the year), Designing Engaging Lessons (1 full day), Delivering Engaging Lessons (1/2 day), Research Based Instructional Strategies and Collaborative Coaching (where we create C&I experts on each campus over an intensive period).

500-1000 Students:

Depending on the needs of the campus or district, we would prescribe a series of trainings that would first impact climate and culture, and build relational capacity across campuses and at the administrative level.

Flippen Group District by Design is a comprehensive improvement package that includes training and coaching products sequenced to meet the district's needs in improving the culture and climate and/or the curriculum or instruction. These include Lead Consulting by an expert who has many years experience in education at the campus level and at central office or higher. This product is created by proposal only and includes the products agreed upon by the lead and district administration. Based on the needs assessment of the district, we may begin with a sequence of leadership trainings: Leadership Blueprint is a three-day learning experience in which leaders learn to connect with colleagues toward common goals, open lines of communication to give and receive feedback effectively, use the EXCEL model during interpersonal interactions, build high-performing, self-managing teams, resolve conflicts, overcome personal constraints, and develop action plans to overcome constraints. Organization Blueprint helps leaders understand how to overcome system constraints, facilitate a strategic-planning process, set priorities, and optimize staff performance.

Added to this at the campus level:Capturing Kids' HeartsProcess ChampionsCampus ConsultingPhone consulting

Curriculum and Instructional Support will include:Data Walks 1&2Designing and Delivering Engaging Lessons